And I'd agree with what I said on the first page, although I would count our cup performances down because our FA Cup exit was so bad. The league's not over yet but given that we've challenged for 4th I'd say AVB and the team have done okay.
This was my first post, which was on page 3. Gotta say, I'm pretty happy with my estimation and reasoning. I wasn't far off the mark at all! ...and I'm never right!!! "whilst I agree with this HIAG, it's not that simple. The theory is correct, but these are human beings we're talking about. top players have left and a new fresh set have come in. We've definitely got some top quality, just like SOS has been bangin on about in his domestic with Spurf () but it might not happen this season. - Especially when you consider how strong we all know city, chelsea and united are clearly going to be. Arsenal are the only ones (IMO) that are slightly weaker and we might beat to that final CL spot. Therefore, I would be happy with 5th for AVB's first season. anything lower would be a real shame. we've been better than the likes of Everton and Newcastle over a 38 game season for the last few years now, so 5th is where we should at least be finishing, IMO. As for the cups. - I don't think we can deal with 4 competitions, unless it's literally the kids playing in the COC and FA cup. I'm of the opinion that we should be putting the kids out in both of those competitions. 4 comps is way too many for the senior players to deal with, and it'll help bring the youngsters through and give them some experience. For the COC, I'd like our most experienced player to be someone like Tom Carroll, and for the FA cup, someone like Livermore. I also believe it's the EL that we should be taking seriously. we've gotta play on thursdays and travel half way across europe for the foreseeable future, so we might as well make the most of it and try to win the thing. We're capable of doing so. I think this approach lets the club see what potential there is in the young academy by throwing them in at the deep end, as well as having a set of senior players rotating between 2 competitions on Thursdays and Sundays to keep them fresh. hopefully this'll allow us to compete each week for a top 4 finish, give us a chance of winning a european trophy, as well as getting to see what's to come from out youth/reserves in the future.
Roo : The bottom line is the rotation/subbing policy has to be better managed, regardless of which UEFA tournaments Spurs are in. We know from 2011 that the squad could not deal with a CL run and the PL. Similarly this season with the Europa. If back in the Europa, I would like to see some of next years U21s get game time in at least the group home games.
